70 hours/8 day rule

OK lets get the facts straight. You can work as many hrs a day that you want. You just can't DRIVE after the 14th hr. But you can work as many hrs as you like. You must take a 10 break after 14 hrs of work OR 11 hrs of driving Which every comes first. In order to be able to drive again. You can work as many hrs as you have available for as many days as you want. If you run out of hrs in 4 days then you are done. If you have the hrs to work for 20 day then go for it.

 

If only working 9 hours a day then you may have to take a "break" to keep running.

At 9 hours a day, you would run out of hours in about 7 and 3/4 days.

Now if you are running local , under the 150 mile rule (can't remember off the top of my head) and not crossing international borders, then yes you can work every day as long as you have 12 hours off duty (not sleeper berth) before each shift.

 

Yes, work till you drop dead. As long as you have the hrs, work, work, work. Work 100 days straight if you want.

 

The K.I.S.S. answer;

As long as you don't run out of hours you can work 700 days straight! NOWHERE in the FMCSA do you see a total amount of days allowed to work! Or a limit!

Case closed on this one!

 

I was stopped back in 1999 by a Virginia DOT officer who looked at my log book. He said, you didn't take a week end off. I said, I took the break at home as required by law.

 

If you only worked and drove 8.75 hours a day, you could do that as long as you wanted, and not exceed the 70 hour rule.

 

But if you go to Canada they require a 24 hour break every 14 days . You'd better have logs for the past 14 days for them to check